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"It seems that there is a very specific area in the brain that we could call poetic memory and that records what has charmed us, what has moved us, what gives our life its beauty." Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984). This very specific brain area is shaped like a sea horse and is called the "hippocampus". This is where the paths of our memories are located when we want to mentally travel through time and space during our life. Discover in this conference how the hippocampus participates in writing the memories of our life through its crucial role in neuronal plasticity, how this plasticity participates in the development of memory, and finally, how its adaptability to extreme hypoxic situations allows the protection of our memories, thus meeting the need for survival of the species. Explanations with Marion Noulhiane, PhD-HDR Neurosciences UNIACT InDev – NeuroSpin. Don't forget to like, comment and subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CEAscien... During Brain Week, #SDC2022, discover 6 conferences on our YouTube channel! Also discover our report at NeuroSpin in the service of psychiatry, https://www.cea.fr/Pages/actualites/s...